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It involved a staff member and political appointees of then-governor Chris Christie colluding to create traffic jams in Fort Lee, New Jersey by closing lanes at the main toll plaza [3] [4] for the upper level of the George Washington Bridge. [5] On September 9, 2013, two of three toll lanes for a local street entrance were closed during morning ...
The Fort Lee lane closure scandal, also known as the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal or Bridgegate, [1] [2] is a U.S. political scandal in which a staff member and political appointees of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie colluded to create traffic jams in Fort Lee, New Jersey, by closing lanes at the main toll plaza for the upper level of the George Washington Bridge.
Kelly v. United States, 590 U.S. ___ (2020), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the 2013 Fort Lee lane closure scandal, also known as "Bridgegate".The case centered on whether Bridget Anne Kelly, the chief of staff to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who was running for reelection at the time, and Bill Baroni, the Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and ...
By RYAN GORMAN Embattled New Jersey Governor Chris Christie faces another possible scandal – this time for possibly costing tax payers nearly $4 billion after diverting state pension funds to ...
The ongoing opioid epidemic in N.J. and the recent conviction of 2 of his former top aides in the 'Bridgegate' scandal likely contributed to the new data. Chris Christie is now the least popular ...
Ex-governor references ‘BridgeGate’ scandal in remarks. Wednesday 7 June 2023 00:00, ... Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has just taken the stage at St Anselm college, where he is ...
Christopher James Christie (born September 6, 1962) is an American politician and former federal prosecutor who served as the 55th governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he was the United States Attorney for New Jersey from 2002 to 2008 and a Morris County commissioner from 1995 to 1997.
On February 19, 2010, the Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, announced that he was appointing Baroni to the position of Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He resigned his Senate seat to assume the new post on March 1, 2010. [24] Tom Goodwin was selected to fill the vacant Senate seat. [25] [26]